Publications

Directory of Washington Libraries

The Directory of Washington Libraries provides information on all types of libraries within the state, including names, addresses, and phone numbers. The Directory of Washington Libraries' last print edition was 2007 and has been since replaced with an online searchable database at libraries.wa.gov.

Library Fact Sheets

Touched by LSTA

Each year the Washington State Library compiles data on the expenditure of LSTA funding for use in both Legislative District and Congressional District Factsheets. The data can also be used to create an Excel Pivot Table representation of this information without reference to a specific district. The table, Touched by LSTA, is organized by library, branch, the type of activity, i.e., whether it is a training, grant or a subsidy, and finally the name of the grant cycle or training. LSTA subsidies were given to libraries to support two major projects: 1) the Statewide Database Licensing project (SDL); and 2) the AskWA QuestionPoint virtual reference service. In total 761 training seats were occupied during federal fiscal year 2017 and over $472,000 in grants and subsidies were awarded. The remainder of the LSTA award supported statewide projects.

Touched by LSTA FFY2017 Report

Legislative District Fact Sheets

Legislative District Fact Sheets can now be found on the Legislative Fact Sheets page.

Congressional District Fact Sheets

The fact sheets illustrate funding and support from the Washington State Library to libraries across the state. Fact sheets are organized by congressional district below as well as Statewide.

Public Library Survey & Usage Reports

Public libraries continue to see increases in use even as hours are reduced and budgets remain stagnant or decline. Those are the conclusions of two new reports produced by the Washington State Library

2010 Public Library Survey

2010 Usage Report

2008 Usage Report

Public Library Trustee Manual

The Public Library Trustee Manual gives a basic understanding of the governing powers and duties of public library trustees. They highlight information about library issues that all trustees must address.